The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-03


ent bin was directed against acts that had
not hitherto been considered crimes. Any
way he would not renew his former pro
posals, because he was convinced that they
aggravated the evil
CLoTURE ENFORCED.
The discussion being continued, w. H.
Smith, First Lord of the Treasury, amid
cries of ''shame," moved to enforce the
cloture rule, and the motion was carried by
vote of 257 to 1856.
Mr.. Gladstone and the other opposition
leaders walked slowly into the opposition
lobby, while the ParnelliteS and Gladston-
ians stood cheering wildly.
Mr.. Healy's amendment was then rejected
by vote Of POI TO l42.
Mr. Nolan moved to report progress on
the BILL
w. H. Smith said the government was
unable to agree to this, because only 8 of
the 140 amendments to the first clause had
been disposed of. Later, however, progress
was reported.
UNIoNIsT STUMBLING BLOCK.
A meeting at Devcnshire House Saturday
appointed a committee consisting of Lord
Harrington, John Bright. Joseph Chamber
lain, Sir Henry James and others TO dis
cllss the points of dissension among the
Unionists and Go consult with the govern
ment with view of adjusting the differ
ences. At a meeting to-day all differences
were arranged except with reference TO the
venue clause of the crimes bill, which Mr.
Bright and majority of the committee
wish to reject, while Lord Harrington and
his followers want it retained.
BoYcoTTING A COUNTESS.
DUBLIN, May 2.-Notices have been posted
in Michelstown, ordering the people to boy
colt the Countess Of Kingston.
The Dublin corporation has adopted res
olution calling upon Canadians to give Mr..
OBrien an enthusiastic welcome, in order to
mark their sense Of the Marquis of Lans-
downe's conduct Copies of the resolution
are to be sent to the members of all the
Canadian Legislatures and municipalities.
ATLANTAs RALLY FOR ERIN.
ATLANTA GA, May 2.-DeGive's Opera
House was packed tonight with distinguish
ed Georgians, who ASSEMBLED in mass meet
ing to protest against the coercion bill now
before the British PaIaiament. Gov. Cor
don left bed of sickness to preside over
the meeting, and was SO i'll that he had 20
return home before it adjourned Mayor
Cooper, of Atlanta, was first Vice Presi-
dent
Hon. Albert H. Cox first addressed the
assembage and presented the following reso-
lutions, which were unanimously adopted;
t. That the policy propounded by Mr.. Glad
stone and Mr.. Parnell of home rule for Ireland
has our profound sympathy. Our own expert
ence has taught us, and we submit to the world
that Self-government is the Keystone OF the arch
Of civil liberty and safety.
2 That we sympathise with all English and
Irish statesmen and patriots who oppose the
that policy as subversive athose ancient Eng,
liSh PRINCIPLES that Iaen as.5ssed must be tried
freedom of the press must be preserved, that the
L., .r.,I
ances and petitions for redress must be
kept inviolate, and that the writ of habeas
corpus. must be sacred, so that an honorable
judiciary may promptly adjudicate whether
personal liberty shall be restored or be for
feited to just laws
g. We express the hope that the signal failure
of all other policies will induce the statesman
ship of England once to try the policy of gener-
Gus justice toward Ireland.
CoLQUITT ADVOCATES INTERFERENCE.
Senator Alfred H. Colquitt declared in a
speech that it was time for the United States
to stop its policy of isolation and make her
voice heard in Europe, especially OH the
Irish question, which is a question Of hu-
manity. The Irish people presented the
only spectacle of a people who, after several
hundred years Of oppression, still preserved
its vital spark of nationality and defed
oppression.
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agrarain laws, described their workings and
graphically pictured the struggle OF Ireland
for freedom! He referred to the well-known
predilection of the South for England and
Englishmen, but announced amid great APP
plause that the South was not prepared to
let that prediction blind her to her injustice
to the English-Irish policy.
Senator Joseph E. Brown gave hearty ad-
herence to the struggle Of Mr.. Gladstone to
secure home rule for Ireland.
Henry w. Grady spoke of the cause of
Ireland as the cause of humanity The South
was once threatened by a force bill which
was defeated by the firm work of Samuel j.
Randall. He hoped that Mr., Gladstone could
do for Ireland what Mr.. Randall did for the
South.
Rev. DR.. Hawthorne, the celebrated Bap-
tist divine, made the concluding speech,
paying high compliment to Mr.. Gladstone.
The resolutions we're ordered to be cabled
to Messrs. Gladstone and Parnell, after
which the meeting adjourned.